Comparison

Beauty vs Markleaf

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Beauty

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Give your thoughts a place worth returning to. Beauty is a Markdown editor for people who care about their words. A quiet page, expressive typography, and carefully considered details make room for the work: a passing thought, a difficult problem, a first draft worth finishing. Start writing. No Beauty account required. The editor, local notes, export, and live collaboration are free. A PAGE THAT FEELS LIKE YOURS Choose from four typefaces: Literata, Source Sans 3, IBM Plex Mono, and Nunito. Find your preferred line width, switch between light and dark, and settle into a page that suits the way you think. MORE THAN WORDS Bring ideas into focus with headings, lists, checklists, quotes, links, and images. Work through the details with tables, code blocks, mathematical formulas, and Mermaid diagrams. Slash commands put blocks within reach; thoughtful punctuation shortcuts keep your hands moving. ROOM TO THINK Arrange notes in folders, move between documents in tabs, and return to earlier drafts with version history. Beauty keeps up to 200 versions of each note, so a new direction does not have to erase the old one. YOUR WORDS, YOUR FILES Write offline. Keep your work in an open format. Export Markdown, HTML, or PDF, or take your whole library with you. On Mac, your library lives in ordinary files. On iPhone, the private library is encrypted on the device. There are no ads or app usage analytics. THINK TOGETHER Invite someone into a document with a link and edit together, live. Collaboration is optional. Your edits travel between participants; no Beauty document server keeps a copy. IPHONE AND MAC, TOGETHER Beauty Maximus is an optional auto-renewable subscription for iCloud sync. Keep your library current across iPhone and Mac using your own iCloud account. Choose a monthly or annual plan. Everything else stays free. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, or after any eligible free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Made slowly, on purpose. Privacy Policy: https://www.markdown.beauty/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Markleaf

Features
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Read comfortably. Write naturally. Import, reading, outline, search, and appearance are free. Your content is never deleted when purchase status changes. Start reading for free. Unlock Pro to write your own words and export them. One purchase. Lifetime access. No automatic renewal. Opening a file imports a local copy and keeps the original. Supports UTF-8 files up to 2 MB. Images, formulas, Mermaid, and editing external files in place are not supported in this version.

Screenshots

Beauty4 screens
Markleaf3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Markleaf at 17.0 against Beauty's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Beauty sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Markleaf sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beauty ships an update every 4 days, Markleaf every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Beauty versus Markleaf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeautyMarkleaf
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days โ€” betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size98 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThiago Peres็†™ ๅ†‰

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Beauty

Subscriptions2
  • Beauty Maximus Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Beauty Maximus Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
1 purchases

Markleaf

One-time1
  • Markleaf Pro$0.99

Questions

Is Beauty free?
Beauty is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Markleaf free?
Markleaf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Beauty or Markleaf have ads?
Neither Beauty nor Markleaf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beauty or Markleaf?
Beauty ships an update every 4 days, and Markleaf every 5 days. Most recently, Beauty was updated on November 6, 2026 and Markleaf on October 31, 2026.

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